Results 19,561-19,580 of 34,664 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will come back to the issue. I will finish with the members.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Fine. Okay. We are going to conclude this aspect shortly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Deputy Madigan will be followed by Deputy Cullinane.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: I think it is clear for next week. Thirteen documents that were requested from the Garda Commissioner are listed in the minutes of today's meeting. We will confirm with the Garda today that we want those documents by the end of next week. A full fortnight will have passed by then. If Deputies are seeking any other documentation that is not included on that list, they should contact the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: I will call the Comptroller and Auditor General after Deputy Farrell has spoken.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: The secretariat will circulate all of that to us in advance of next week. We will try to sign off on all of that, including the work programme and the suggested dates. I will help in that process. I invite the Comptroller and Auditor General to make some concluding remarks.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor General was asked about the signature and whether he had a role in it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: When did you find that out?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Did Mr. McCarthy say the statement of accounting policies and principles for 2016 has already been presented and requires amendment? Is it correct that what he was given on 31 March for last year is not adequate and he will be looking for changes to it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: She signed the document on 31 March. Is it correct that, at the end of August or early September, a paragraph was added to the document dated 31 March?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: The document signed on 31 March had a paragraph added to it in September but it is still dated 31 March.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor General requested it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: What I said was very clear. I said the document in front of us, signed on 31 March 2016 by Nóirín O'Sullivan and which included the paragraph in question, did not include the reference to the auditor. That was added subsequently by the Comptroller and Auditor General. He recommended that it was a function of the Accounting Officer to add this. The paragraph was added in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will ask the Accounting Officer that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is a point of view. We will ask the Accounting Officer to explain why that date is on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: The date is 31 March but that paragraph was not signed off on 31 March.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Next week we will have a detailed work programme and a plan of where we are going. We will have asked for everything to be submitted. If members have additional information they should get it to the secretariat straight away. We will have a list of both the suggested meetings and will move on promptly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes. I am holding the accounting statements over. The only item we have is Bord na gCon. We only have two financial statements to be noted next week. Next today, we will try to take the opening statements and suspend.